NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SANTA FEANS SAY IT'S A SAD AND STRANGE TALE... AS POLICE NOW LOOK FOR THE CRIMINAL WHO RIPPED OFF...A DONKEY'S TAIL. NEW AT SIX... KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ALANA GRIMSTAD EXPLAINS WHAT PIECE OF DOWNTOWN HISTORY WAS DAMAGED. SOMEONE GOT THE GAME MIXED UP. YOU TRY TO PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY. Looks like it's broken off. NOT BREAK IT OFF! Oh my God, are you serious? SANTA FE POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THE VANDAL WHO DESTROYED THIS HISTORICAL STATUE -- THE BURRO IN DOWNTOWN'S BURRO ALLEY. It's not copper, is it? NO IT'S STEEL... AND ITS BACK END WAS STOLEN. BURRO MEANS "DONKEY" IN SPANISH. BACK IN THE DAY, SANTA FEANS WOULD USE THE DONKEYS TO CARRY LOGS FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS STREET, IS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME GET THEIR WOOD. So this is the heart of the town, and this represent that. When we broke the news to the artist he said he was so sad and hurt someone would do this to his sculpture. It's really sad and tragic. THIS BURRO IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED PIECES OF ART IN THE CITY... CHECK OUT ALL THE TOURISTS. AND FOR THE LOCALS WHO SEE IT EVERY DAY...THEY WANT THE PERSON WHO TORE OFF THE TAIL...TO PAY. It's really heartbreaking actually. When I saw it, I felt chocked. IN SANTA FE, AG KA7N. THE CITY COMMISSIONED THE STATUE IN 1988. CITY OFFICIALS SAY CHARLIE SOUTHARD'S SCULPTURE IS VALUED AT ALMOST 13-THOUSAND-DOLLARS... AND WILL COST ABOUT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RECONSTRUCT THE TAIL. OFFICIALS ALSO SUSPECT, THE SAME CROOK TAGGED A NEARBY RESTAURANT WALL WITH GRAFFITI. SANTA FE POLICE